No tariff hike for Odisha's power consumers in 2019-20, says OERC

The commission has also enhanced the rebate for digital payment to two per cent from one per cent since last year

In a major respite for the power consumers of Odisha, the state power regulator, Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC), has decided to keep the tariffs unchanged for 2019-20.

The power tariff was also not hiked last year. The tariff order will be effective from June 1, 2019.

“In view of the Code of Conduct imposed during General Election – 2019, the commission was allowed to notify this tariff order only after the last date of polling in the state”, said OERC in a statement.

Like in the previous fiscal, consumers will have to pay tariff at Rs 2.50 per unit for the first